I have been seeing the Caraval cover on Twitter forever, and seeing people rave about the book as well. It always sounded interesting, but I hadn’t ever picked it up. As luck would have it, my mother-in-law brought it home on winter break and let me borrow it when she was finished with it. I’m so glad she did! Other than thinking it sounded good, the author is part of the line up for North Texas Teen Book Festival, and to be quite honest I’ve hardly read any of the 76(?) authors that are going to be there, so I thought I should read a few, although my experience is that even if you haven’t read their books, you can still appreciate what is being said in the panels. Continue reading “Review — Caraval by Stephanie Garber”
Tag: young adult
Review — The Speaker by Traci Chee
I was on one of the campuses I often substitute teach on, and I had a class in the library when I looked over and the librarian had a nice stack of just-out-of-the-box books. In beautiful purple and gold, there was The Speaker, Book Two of Sea of Ink and Gold. I could have died. When I told her I had read and loved The Reader and couldn’t wait to read The Speaker, she let me borrow it! I am so very grateful to her! I read The Reader almost exactly one year ago, and I’m posting this review a year later on the dot, which is pretty cool timing. Here’s my Review. Continue reading “Review — The Speaker by Traci Chee”
Blog Tour & Review — Elephant Dreams
ELEPHANT DREAMS
by
MARTHA DEERINGER
Genre: Young Adult / Historical Fiction / Sweet Romance
Publisher: Melange Books
Date of Publication: September 2, 2017
Number of Pages: 224
Scroll down for the giveaway!
Review — The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
I’d seen this book mentioned on Twitter several times, and I thought it sounded interesting, so I borrowed the audiobook from Hoopla.
Stacking the Shelves – October 7
Hello there! Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Usually a weekly meme, mine pop up on a monthly basis. These are the books I’ve acquired since the September edition. Titles link to Goodreads.
Bought
A Pizza My Heart (Pizzathology book 1) edited by Jolene Haley
SELIA’S Promise: A Short Story by Christina McMullen
Won/Gifted/ARC
What did you add to your shelves recently?
❤ Julia
Stacking the Shelves – September 2
Hello there! Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Usually a weekly meme, mine pop up on a monthly basis. These are the books I’ve acquired since the August edition. Titles link to Goodreads.
Bought
Death on Paradise Creek by Dianne Smithwick-Braden
The Watchmaker’s Daughter by C.J. Archer
Borrowed
Safe Bet by Monica Murphy
Won/Gifted/ARC
Down A Lost Road: Extended Edition by J. Leigh Bralick
What did you add to your shelves recently?
❤ Julia
Review – Beastly Bones by William Ritter
At the beginning of the year I read Jackaby by William Ritter. You can see my review here.
I’m fortunate enough to have access to both Overdrive and Hoopla through my library, and I borrowed the ebook version of Beastly Bones from Hoopla.
Young Adult / Historical Fiction / Mystery
I’ve found very little about private detective R. F. Jackaby to be standard in the time I’ve known him. Working as his assistant tends to call for a somewhat flexible relationship with reality . . .
In 1892, New Fiddleham, New England, things are never quite what they seem, especially when Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, are called upon to investigate the supernatural. First, members of a particularly vicious species of shape-shifters disguise themselves as a litter of kittens. A day later, their owner is found murdered, with a single mysterious puncture wound to her neck. Then, in nearby Gad’s Valley, dinosaur bones from a recent dig go missing, and an unidentifiable beast attacks animals and people, leaving their mangled bodies behind. Policeman Charlie Cane, exiled from New Fiddleham to the valley, calls on Abigail for help, and soon Abigail and Jackaby are on the hunt for a thief, a monster, and a murderer. (Goodreads)
I just love how quick the story moves along, and I think Ritter does a good job of capturing the language and pacing of the literature that emerged in/around the time the Jackaby series is set in. I love how all the pieces of the story come together. There is a lot of wit in the writing.
I didn’t think this installment was quite as entertaining as the first, but I still very much enjoyed reading it. I look forward to reading Ghostly Echoes sometime, although it may be another few months before I get around to it.
4 of 5 stars
Have you read this series? Did you enjoy it?
❤ Julia
Stacking the Shelves – June 3
Hello there! Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Usually a weekly meme, mine pop up on a monthly basis. These are the books I’ve acquired since the May edition.
Bought
A Space Girl from Earth (The Kyroibi Trilogy Book 1) by Christina McMullen
The Extraction List by Renee N. Meland
The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
The Legacy Human (Singularity Series Book 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn
Borrowed
Managed by Kristen Callihan
Sweet Southern Trouble by Michele Summers
Craving by Helen Hardt
Unbreakable by Kami Garcia, audiobook [Review]
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon, audiobook
Beastly Bones by Will Ritter
Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo, audiobook
Starflight by Melissa Landers
Won/Gifted/ARC
Before the Rain Falls by Camille Di Maio [Review]
Breakfast in Texas by Terry Anderson [Review]
Blood Oath and Badlands by Melissa Lenhardt
Heart on the Line by Karen Witemeyer
Review – Unbreakable by Kami Garcia
My reading this book was somewhat accidental. I love browsing Overdrive on my phone, and I guess I pressed “borrow” on the audiobook for Unmarked as I closed the app. Because when I opened it again-I’d borrowed it! Oops. But, of course I couldn’t read the SECOND book without reading the first, first. So I got on the short waitlist for Unbreakable and within a few days, it was mine as well. Continue reading “Review – Unbreakable by Kami Garcia”
Stacking the Shelves – May 7
Hello there! Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Usually a weekly meme, mine pop up on a monthly basis. These are the books I’ve acquired since the April edition.
Bought
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
The Sandcastle Sister by Lisa Wingate
Paper Boats by Dee Lestari
Court of the Phantom Queen by Liz Meldon
When Sparks Fly by Ines Bautista-Yao
Borrowed
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab [Review]
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Caught Looking by Jody Holford
Girl on a Train (audiobook) by A.J. Waines
Damaged by Jody Holford
The Red Door Inn by Liz Johnson
Won/Gifted/ARC
Nowhere Near by Teddy Jones
Bulletins from Dallas by Bill Sanderson [Guest Post]
Books in the Garden 